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It's Sergio Leone meets Sam Peckinpah meets Quentin Tarantino in this ultra-violent, mythological shoot-'em-up by auteur Robert Rodriguez. In Desperado, Rodriguez creates larger-than-life, genre-tweaking stock characters and puts them through their paces. As they stride bravely through an Old West lightly dusted with camp humour, they're periodically called upon to nimbly dodge bullets and fireballs through outrageously choreographed displays of Hollywood pyrotechnics. In this bigger-budget semi-remake/semi-sequel to Rodriguez's indie sensation, El Mariachi (made, famously, for $7,000), Antonio Banderas is the darkly charismatic El Mariachi, the Mysterious Stranger in town; Steve Buscemi is perfectly cast as his weasely, motor-mouth Comic Sidekick, laying the groundwork for El Mariachi's entrance by spinning saloon stories to build up his legend; Cheech Marin is a standout as the Bartender, who really knows how to handle a toothpick; and gorgeous Salma Hayek is, well, the Girl--treated to the kind of full-blown, slow-movement introduction the movies traditionally lavish on beautiful new stars. It doesn't add up to much but it's a kick. --Jim Emerson
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It's Sergio Leone meets Sam Peckinpah meets Quentin Tarantino in this ultra-violent, mythological shoot-'em-up by auteur Robert Rodriguez. In Desperado, Rodriguez creates larger-than-life, genre-tweaking stock characters and puts them through their paces. As they stride bravely through an Old West lightly dusted with camp humour, they're periodically called upon to nimbly dodge bullets and fireballs through outrageously choreographed displays of Hollywood pyrotechnics. In this bigger-budget semi-remake/semi-sequel to Rodriguez's indie sensation, El Mariachi (made, famously, for $7,000), Antonio Banderas is the darkly charismatic El Mariachi, the Mysterious Stranger in town. Steve Buscemi is perfectly cast as his weasely, motor-mouth Comic Sidekick, laying the groundwork for El Mariachi's entrance by spinning saloon stories to build up his legend; Cheech Marin is a standout as the Bartender, who really knows how to handle a toothpick; and gorgeous Salma Hayek is, well, the Girl--treated to the kind of full-blown, slow-mo introduction the movies traditionally lavish on beautiful new stars. It doesn't add up to much, but it's a kick. --Jim Emerson
Special Features
Special Features
- Commentary by director Robert Rodriguez
- 10 More Minutes: Anatomy of a Shootout featurette
- Sneak Peek: Once Upon a Time in Mexico featurette
- Director and cast filmographies
- Theatrical Trailer
DVD Technical Information:
- Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic - 1.85:1
- Disc Type: DVD9
- Language options: English, French, German
- Subtitles: Arabic, English, French, German, Turkish
- Audio: DolbyDigital 5.1 Surround
- Running time: 100 minutes
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This is the Superbit DVD of Desperado, meaning that there is better sound and the picture quality is best i've seen. However there are no extras as disk space has been used up by the above features.
Now for the plot : The mexican (played superbly by Antonio Banderas) is a dark and mysterious drifter with a score to settle. Bucho is responsible for the death of his lover and shooting his hand (meaning he can't work as a Mariáchi anymore). It's not really much of a plot but the explosions and gunfights really shine through on the superbit DVD.
The acting isn't really oscar winning but it goes bu unnoticed by most, as this is not meant to be a serious drama piece, but a nice little action thriller. Packed with lots of bloody violence, strong language and a strangely shot sex scene this film is definately one to watch.
Also Recomended : El Mariachi (this is a remake with a bigger budget basically) and From Dusk 'Till Dawn.
Now for the plot : The mexican (played superbly by Antonio Banderas) is a dark and mysterious drifter with a score to settle. Bucho is responsible for the death of his lover and shooting his hand (meaning he can't work as a Mariáchi anymore). It's not really much of a plot but the explosions and gunfights really shine through on the superbit DVD.
The acting isn't really oscar winning but it goes bu unnoticed by most, as this is not meant to be a serious drama piece, but a nice little action thriller. Packed with lots of bloody violence, strong language and a strangely shot sex scene this film is definately one to watch.
Also Recomended : El Mariachi (this is a remake with a bigger budget basically) and From Dusk 'Till Dawn.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
This is my favourite film of all time as I can watch it again and again and always notice something new - either dialogue, photography, lighting etc. From the very start, when the cigarette is stubbed out oh so deliberately I start to smile and this continues as the over the top violence simply becomes the opportunity for Roberto Rodriguez to show his excellence. (one part I mus admit I fast forward is the scene when the young lad is to show what he is made of - this scene is simply violent) I have two copies as I lend it to friends and have a fear of not having it returned. The others in the series El Mariachi and Once Upon a Time in Mexico are good but cannot compete. This is the only review I have ever submitted so that says it all!!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This film is abit cheesy really, and it tries really hard to be super cool, but that just makes it better! At first i thought, uh, another western spoof with a corny script and bad storyline (and you have to admit it is rather bad) but as the film progressed i began to fall in love with it.
There is alot of violence (the kind where someone gets shot and blood squirts out of them) but it's far from the kind that makes you feel sick. Some gun fights are abit unconvincing (all of them really) but you have to remember that it's a spoof (thats what it says on the back of the DVD case).
As a collectors edition DVD i thought the extras were poor, and should really of contained two discs or a special edition booklet at least. But for the money you can't do much better!
Make sure you check out some Tarantino films if you enjoy this one!
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Desperado - El Mariachi's guns sing again
Classic shoot-`em-up from the modern master of the genre, Robert Rodriguez. It stars a magnetic and charismatic Antonio Banderas as the guitar toting gunslinger (or gun toting... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Victor
O O Antonio
Love this film, its almost surreal but not quite, great characters kind of tongue in cheek, Antonia is delicious as is Bucho if that's how you spell it, packed with action, great... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Ms. C. A. Lorac
Whats in the guitar case? A Guitar and.............guns
Desperado is one of my favorite films ever made. Robert Rodriguez is a great director and Antonio Banderas is so cool in it.
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Published 22 months ago by Sam lewis
a true great
Robert rodriguez directed a visually stunning film with desperado,it didnt really have a storyline worth discussing in great detail but kept the interest going with cartoon like... Read more
Published on 11 Nov 2008 by sean paul mccann
RODRIGUEZ' FILMS ARE GETTING QUITE GOOD!
DESPERADO is best described as a modern day western. In so many ways better than EL MARIACHI, mostly because of the excellently cast Antonio Banderas, who is just perfect as the... Read more
Published on 14 July 2008 by Sick-o
Sheer entertainment
No, you cannot possibly take Desperado seriously. The script / story (such as it is) is quite deliberately terrible -'simplistic' would be an overstatement. Read more
Published on 8 Jun 2008 by S. Lindgren
Quick Reviews!
The film in which Rodriquez really came to prominence, Desperado is a continuation from his low budget effort 'El Mariachi', which deservedly gained him recognition from big... Read more
Published on 17 Sep 2007 by carlosnightman
interesting and exciting
The charecters are amazing and the story was very good.The main charecter are ANTONIO BANDERAS and SALMA HAYEK. Read more
Published on 4 Nov 2006 by mr.sixteen
Lowlife scum encounter the biggest hand-cannons they've ever seen
An ex-Mariachi who can't play guitar anymore because he's been shot in the hand, is out for revenge on the people who robbed him of his profession and killed his girl. Read more
Published on 14 Oct 2006 by T. Bobley
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